Barcelona Chronicles: The Spanish Circus…
Continued from Enlivened by the Underground… (Note: My camera became terminally ill at the beginning of my stay in Barcelona. Thus, my photos of the city and my experiences are uncharacteristically sparse.) Barcelona. Barcelona. Barcelona. She is ruthless. She is fiery. She is an enchantress that has both charmed me and ravaged me. Her perfumes [...]
Save Cash and Take a Bus!
A new site has me exicted about more affordable travel throughout the U.S. Gadling.com reported the launch of BusJunction.com: This convenient site offers easy to use booking tools for 12 different bus lines (Megabus, Bolt, Vamoose, DC2NY, Greyhound, Trailways, Peter Pan, Lakefront, Fung Wah, Lucky Star, Eastern Travel and New Century). The site tells you [...]
Searching and Longing…
The leading pastor at a Christian Church I attended while I was living in Columbia, MO recently posted the following passage from C.S. Lewis’ The Problem of Pain on the Crossing Blog. The excerpt resonated with me, so I thought I would share it here too: “There have been times when I think we do [...]
Little Heart Keeps Beating…
Here’s another update from Mary about Edwin. Again, he’s the little boy who is one of several that benefited from the more than $1,000 raised by my friends, my family and myself. Edwin recently received heart surgery in Honduras and a portion of our donation helped provide his lodging and transportation. Edwin is doing great. [...]
Mexican Village
This is a touching story sent to me through email a few years ago. I just ran across a copy of it that I had printed out and I figured I would go ahead and post it here: A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the [...]
Crazy Nomads
These guys sound like me! Check out the intro to the first blog post of Life Nomadic: The border agent was very suspicious of me. “Where’s your luggage?” “I don’t have any.” “Do you have a return ticket?” “No, but I have a ticket to Panama for next week.” “Where do you live?” This never [...]
Couchies Get Covered on NYTimes.com
The wonderful world of Couchsurfing.com has recently been featured on the NYTimes.com blog Frugal Traveler. The blog post accurately portrays how Couchsurfing members look for more than just a free couch. The community, which has recently passed the million member mark, also demonstrates how “There’s more to love out there than to fear.” New York [...]
Immigrant Students Dream for a Future in America
There are immigrant youth that have been living in the U.S. since they were toddlers. And, even though they are tax-paying, law-abiding residents they will have no options for a future in the U.S. once they’ve completed their studies. The Dream Act would change that: “The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (also [...]
Prison Time or Prison Rehabilitation?
Criminal Justice blogger Michael Santos with Change.org raises an excellent point about the current prison system in the U.S.: “Prison Time Doesn’t Equal Justice.” It’s time more people start thinking about the issues he raises and become involved in transforming the system into one of rehabilitation not profiteering. Read his article below: In his message, [...]
A Homeless Perspective
Get a glimpse of what it’s like to be homeless during the “economic crisis.” Read the article and watch the video from Change.org below: You’ve seen him before: the homeless guy at the highway off-ramp holding a cardboard sign, panhandling. As he walks down the row of cars, you avoid eye contact at all costs [...]
Does Your Media Support Trafficking?
More disturbing human trafficking information from the href=”http://www.polarisproject.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,108/”Polaris Project blog: In my previous post, I referred to a policy report on “Paper Pimps,” describing advertisers for the commercial sex industry. Paper pimps are the enablers of the sexual slavery and exploitation that occurs within the context of the broader industry. Brothels disguised as massage parlors [...]
Human Trafficking: A Real Issue
I saw the movie Slumdog Millionaire several weeks ago and quickly became obsessed with it. While many of my friends commented that “sure, it’s pretty good” and had nothing more to say about it, the movie completely captured me and spoke to me. Unfortunately, amidst all the projects and life-changing goals I’m actively pursuing right [...]
Culture in “the Chuck”
Yes, culture can be found even in good ‘ol St. Charles, MO. Last night my friend Sheila and I managed to meet two young lads from Azerbaijan. They are students at Lindenwood University studying here on an exchange program. One of them shared the Youtube video of traditional Azeri dancing found below. Looks like so [...]
Nanoblogging
No time to Twitter? Then Flutter. The next platform of the blogosphere is not microblogging but nanoblogging. Hahahaha… check it out:
Donation Update
Last September many of my friends and several family members came together to contribute money toward a great effort that aims to give some of the poorest in Honduras a better life. I just received an update from those who accepted the donation: Billy and Mary Collins. The more than $1,000 raised helped one family [...]
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I’ve posted about the Invisible Children movement before and it’s a cause I stand behind 100 percent. For a while, I was donating $20 every month. So, what is it exactly? Nothing says it better than the video. Click below to check it out: http://therescue.invisiblechildren.com/en/#/watch/ I’ll be there April 25th. Will you?
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